Information for All homepage The Project


These pages are no longer current. They provide historical information on an unsuccessful bid to the Millennium Commission made by "Information for All" in 1996/97.

"Information for All" was a not-for-profit company set up by the Library and Information Commission and the Library Association with the aim of finding ways to fund a national programme for the networking of 4,000 public libraries in the UK. See: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue7/public-libraries/

The People's Network Project is the lottery-funded project (New Opportunities Fund) which has connected all public libraries to the Internet, as part of the Government's commitment to give everyone in the UK the opportunity to get online. The project is managed by Re:source and more than 4000 library centres have been created through the initiative. [11-02-2003]

The Millennium Libraries project is run by Information for All , a company established by the Library and Information Commission and the Library Association. Information for All has made a bid to the Millennium Commission for up to £50 million (to be matched by a further £70 million) to fund a national programme for the networking of 4,000 public libraries.

This broadband communications network will connect the smallest and most remote libraries to other libraries in their area and through the Internet to all other libraries and online information sources. Through this network citizens will have access to a wide range of public and commercial information delivered electronically Through their public library, they will have an opportunity to acquire IT skills. This project will ensure that we do not end the Millennium with a nation of information haves and have-nots.

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